Ted Williams Hid His Mexican Heritage
Ted Williams was a superstar in the 1940s and 1950s, however, at first his Mexican heritage was a problem, because racism was even more prevalent at that time than it is today.
Ted Williams was a superstar in the 1940s and 1950s, however, at first his Mexican heritage was a problem, because racism was even more prevalent at that time than it is today.
Ted Williams liked to select the lumber for his bats, which is why he’s shown here in Kentucky at the Louisville Slugger factory in the prime of his career.
Watch an interview conducted from the dugout at new Arlington Stadium at the start of the 1972 season. Williams discusses the ballpark and the slugging of big Frank Howard.
Today we would call what Ted Williams did in the 1941 All-Star Game a walk-off home run. But for those who were in uniform in Detroit for that game, it’s simply a moment they’ll never forget. In what may still be the most thrilling All-Star Game in history, Williams belted a three-run, game-winning homer in Detroit’s freshly repainted Briggs Stadium on July 8, 1941, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the American League a thrilling 7-5 victory.
For much of his career, the Giants slugger was juiced up with performance-enhancing drugs, which made many of his accomplishments questionable.
These five players who failed to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022, will be elected eventually.
Many consider the 1950s to be the Golden Era of baseball, but the 1930s shouldn’t be overlooked. The 1930s were a marvelous transitional era where stars of
It was the seventh game of the World Series and only days earlier the owner of the team had tried to fire his second baseman. Their pitcher,
Gary Sheffield never cared much what people thought of him. Now, that may be backfiring on the former All-Star slugger. In the latest results of the Baseball Hall of Fame voting by the writers, Sheffield fell shy of gaining election in the 10th and final time his name will be on that ballot.
Remembering Frank Howard, the feared power hitter of the 1960s with the Senators and Dodgers.
A look at the myths, legends, and origin stories of baseball.
The game of baseball has produced a wide array of legendary players. If you love baseball, you should get acquainted with the best baseball players of all time.
Was Joe DiMaggio the most perfect ballplayer in baseball history?
Let’s get something out of the way: Luis Arráez is not going to hit .400 this season. Not because he’s not a good hitter. Arráez definitely is. But, hitting .400 is extremely difficult, and nearly impossible. In today’s game of 100 mile-per-hour sliders and efficient defensive alignments, it is impossible.
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon was a larger-than-life sort of guy, loved by his teammates because he was fun off the field and a tenacious competitor on it.
Who was the greatest Red Sox second baseman: Dustin Pedroia or Bobby Doerr?
The Greatest Players in Baseball History: Some of the Most Iconic Figures
The 2023 Major League Baseball season will start on March 31. This year, fans will see many new or amended rules. A few of these new rules could radically alter the way the game is played and enjoyed.
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Did David Ortiz stop using performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 after he failed a test? Or did he use them throughout his Hall of Fame career?
Lou Boudreau may have had the greatest season a shortstop ever had. He’s the man who perfected the defensive shift, and was the player-manager of the last Cleveland team to win the World Series.
Just when baseball seemed to be getting drunk on home runs, Tony Gwynn emerged to reveal the beauty of hitting a baseball.
Who was Ferris Fain, the two-time batting champion?
What’s the best baseball book written by a baseball player? We pick and rank 12 of them.
Why is Jim Rice in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but George Foster is not?
Of the ten names on the Early Days Era ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Lefty O’Doul accomplished the most in the game. Whether or not
A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
The Baseball Hall of Fame has never tinkered with the 75 percent voting standard for election. Since the first ballots were cast in the first vote in